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Zika virus

Zika virus

Name found its way from the zika forest in Uganda, where it was first diagnosed.
Some facts-
1. Viral illness - fever , joint pain, conjutivitis ( red eyes), rash which is similar to dengue or chikengunia. Spread by mosquito bites.
2. Not very dangerous only kids or pregnant women to be careful as they can develop some neurological side effects.
3. Its not a new disease it has been there for a long time in the world.
4. There has been no mortality in the 64 cases detected in Jaipur.
5. Testing for zika is a very difficult & we can liase with local authority or National institute of virology, pune for serological testing.
6. The only thing which needs to be taken care is if a women is infected the child in her womb can be born with birth defects.
Please treat patient symptomatically and with supportive care - fortunately for most people its not life threatening.

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